Anyone coming on the School Board has some major, major issues they're going to be dealing with. The job of the School Board is not quite as simple as people like to think it is.

It probably hasn't attracted as many people from the outside as it has encouraged people to stay there, which was half the battle. Once you get used to the money, it's hard to give up.

There have been many merit pay plans over the years. Those that were funded failed miserably when the funding disappeared.